Caterpillar Inc (CAT) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026)
Caterpillar (CAT) posted quarterly Dividends Paid - Common of $703.0 million for Q1 2026, up 4.3% year-over-year from $674.0 million in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from $706.0 million in Q4 2025.
Caterpillar Inc (CAT) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Caterpillar (CAT) has reported Dividends Paid - Common for 18 consecutive years, with $703.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Dividends Paid - Common rose 4.3% year-over-year to $703.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $2.8 billion (up 3.97% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $2.7 billion, up 3.89% from the prior year.
- Dividends Paid - Common came in at $703.0 million for Q1 2026 at Caterpillar, roughly flat from $706.0 million in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Dividends Paid - Common was $707.0 million in Q3 2025, with the low at $592.0 million in Q2 2022.
- Average Dividends Paid - Common over 5 years is $653.0 million, with a median of $662.0 million recorded in 2023.
- Across the five-year window, Dividends Paid - Common increased 6.77% in 2023 and rose 2.72% in 2024, its largest moves.
- Year by year, Dividends Paid - Common stood at $620.0 million in 2022, then climbed by 6.77% to $662.0 million in 2023, then advanced by 2.72% to $680.0 million in 2024, then advanced by 3.82% to $706.0 million in 2025, then retreated by 0.42% to $703.0 million in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Dividends Paid - Common over the past three periods registered $703.0 million, $706.0 million, and $707.0 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 703.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 703.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 706.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 706.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 707.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 707.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 662.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 662.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 674.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 674.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 680.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 680.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 683.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 683.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 635.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 635.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 648.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 648.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 662.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 662.00 Mn |